Jeremy Renner Begins Work With History Channel On Knights of Templar Drama

The cable network is teaming with the actor-producer to develop dramaKnightfall,a scripted series chronicling the events and persecution of the Knights of Templar.

The drama will follow the events leading up to and following the persecution, downfall and burning at the stake of the Knights of Templar on Friday the 13th, 1307, offering an in-depth look at why the date, more than 700 years later, remains cursed.

The drama hails from A+E Studios in association with Renner andDon Handfield’s production company The Combine and Midnight Radio.